http://www.webpronews.com Submitted by David A. Utter on Wed, 10/03/2007
Not much information has emerged in the wake of Yahoo's executive all-day meeting, other than the attendance of Apple CEO Steve Jobs as inspirational speaker.
One detail has been mentioned, that being Yahoo's horde of executives, over 300 people bearing the title of vice-president or higher. Kara Swisher noted the highlight of the day, where Jobs addressed the crowd.
Tim O'Reilly has followed up on that, in noting a difference he sees between Yahoo and Google:
Yahoo! is a great company, but I don't think they embrace their greatness, or even know what it is. Steve Jobs knows what matters to him. Larry and Sergey and Eric know what matters to them. I don't get the same feeling of innate conviction that I get from Apple and Google, where the company is a reflection of who its leaders are, what they value, and how they think.
Now, I'm not saying that's it's an easy task to build a huge company that stays true to the vision of its founders. There are very few companies that can really pull that off.
O'Reilly then brings up a name that one really doesn't hear all that much when it comes to Yahoo's daily affairs. That would be David Filo, the other co-founder of Yahoo.
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